Diver reportedly suffering from 'the bends' airlifted from site of Lusitania wreck

A diver rescued by a Naval Service ship after getting into difficulties at the site of the Lusitania wreck was later airlifted to hospital, reportedly suffering from decompression sickness, otherwise known as 'the bends'.

Emergency services were scrambled at around 10am this morning when it was reported that one of a group of civilian divers near the wreck had got into difficulties.